Kill Bill Vol. 1

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Synopsis

Action. First of a two-part film in which an assassin known as ‘The Bride’ (Uma Thurman) revives after a four-year coma and hunts down the members of her former gang (Vivica A. Fox, Lucy Liu) in retribution for their mistreatment of her.

Content elements

• Use of the sexual expletive in a sexual context; scatological slang and profanity
• Frequent, bloody martial arts and sword combat—amputations, detailed wounds
• Attempted sexual assault—no detail

Thematic elements

• Revenge
• Honour
• Childhood trauma
• Homage to Hong Kong action films
• Conventions of the Action genre

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for detailed genre violence, mitigated by serio-comic tone.

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